、マヤはへ。のをためです。
N5 graded Japanese story
市役所の書類
The City-Hall Form
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マヤはとを書きました。でも、のがよくかりませんでした。マヤはを。
のに「ここにもいいですか」と。はにしてくれました。マヤはに「ありがとうございます」と。
マヤはをから、を。を。の、のもしました。
「ここに、へきてください」と言われました。マヤはゆっくり書きました。「だいじょうぶです」と。
をから、マヤはみどりのをもらいました。ので、しました。、マヤはをしました。これで、ののもできます。
Related lessons
Reinforce the reading
Notice what the story just taught you
RN1 / Early N5: a reviewed connected-reader story using full furigana and controlled support language.
Key words in context
- 市役所しやくしょ
- city hall
- 住所じゅうしょ
- address
- 書類しょるい
- form
- 窓口まどぐち
- service counter
- 電話番号でんわばんごう
- telephone number
- 欄らん
- field; blank
- 説明するせつめいする
- to explain
- 地図ちず
- map
What to notice
Sentence rn1_new_start_01-story03-p1
ここに · 書いてもいいですか
The permission pattern asks whether an action is allowed.
Sentence rn1_new_start_01-story03-p2
説明を聞いてから · 書類を見ました
The sequence pattern shows that one action happens before the next.
Sentence rn1_new_start_01-story03-p3
書類を出してから · 地図をもらいました
This sequence pattern connects two actions in order.
Check your understanding
1. Why does Maya go to city hall?
Answer: She goes to submit a form with her new address. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
2. Which part of the form is difficult?
Answer: The telephone-number field is difficult. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
3. What does Maya ask at the counter?
Answer: She asks if she may write there. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
4. What does she receive after finishing?
Answer: She receives a map of Midori Town. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
A Place to Begin companion
Practice after reading
No-furigana second pass
マヤは書類を出してから、何をもらいましたか。
Eight book words
Preview
市役所
しやくしょ
city hall
Preview
住所
じゅうしょ
address
Preview
書類
しょるい
documents; paperwork
Preview
窓口
まどぐち
service counter
Support
電話番号
でんわばんごう
telephone number
Support
欄
らん
column; section; field
Support
地図
ちず
map
Sentence Lab
ここに書いてもいいですか。
May I write here?
The permission pattern asks whether an action is allowed.
説明を聞いてから、もう一度書類を見ました。
After listening to the explanation, I looked at the form again.
The sequence pattern shows that one action happens before the next.
書類を出してから、地図をもらいました。
After submitting the form, I received a map.
This sequence pattern connects two actions in order.
Grammar notes
〜てもいいですか
て-form + もいいですか asks permission to do something. A reply can say yes, or explain that it is not allowed.
ここに名前を書いてもいいですか。
May I write my name here?
〜てから
て-form + から means after doing. The first action comes before the second, so it makes the order clear.
書類を見てから書きます。
I write after looking at the form.
Reread checklist
- • Read the Japanese again without stopping.
- • Cover the translation and retell the problem and ending.
- • Choose one sentence to read aloud twice.
- • Return in two to four days and read once more.
Reflect
- • What helps Maya finish the form?
- • Which place word from the story would be useful in a public office?
- • What would you ask if a form were unclear?
These prompts are not stored.
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